Ash receivers



A. T. HAGERTY EIAL 2,754,991

July 17, 1956 ASH RECEIVERS 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed July 1, 1952 INVENTOR.

y 17, 1956 A. T. HAGERTY EIAL 2,754,991

ASH RECEIVERS Filed July 1, 1952 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 IN V EN TOR.

ahdM/WM 0 @al? Wmt United States Patent ASH RECEIVERS Andrew Thomas Hagerty and Yale W. Ehret, Elkhart, Ind., assignors to The Adlake Company, a corporation of Illinois Application July 1, 1952, Serial No. 296,642

3 Claims. (Cl. 220-18) This invention relates to ash receivers for vehicles and the like, and has for its principal object to make the receptacle readily demountable for cleaning and remountable for use.

Generally speaking, this is accomplished by providing a separate mounting plate for permanent attachment to a wall or other support and quick engaging and disengaging means for making the receptacle fast to the mounting plate.

In the preferred embodiment, means are provided for making a receptacle carrying plate fast to the mounting plate including interlocking elements on the respective plates having relative sliding movement in engaging and disengaging and a latch for restraining the disengaging movement, together with a receptacle hinged to the receptacle mounting plate and masking the latch in normal position.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the receiver;

Fig. 2 is a similar view with the receptacle carrying plate removed from the mounting plate and the receptacle partly swung toward discharge position;

Fig. 3 is a front view of the device with the receptacle in discharge position; and

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3 with the parts shown in position for use in solid lines and the receptacle in discharge position in dotted lines.

But these diagrammatic drawings and the corresponding description are used for the purpose of illustrative disclosure only, and are not intended to impose unnecessary limitations on the claims.

The separate mounting plate ll is a generally rectangular piece of sheet metal or the like having openings 11 for screws or other fastenings by which it is permanently attached to its support.

In this preferred form, the separate mounting plate 11 is provided with headed studs or rivets 12 and a spring latch 13.

The receptacle carrying plate 14 is provided with keyhole slots 15 corresponding in number to the headed studs 12 and having large portions 16 to pass over the studs and narrow portions 17 to slip behind the heads of the studs in order to engage the receptacle carrying plate with the mounting plate.

The receptacle carrying plate is provided with an elongated, rectangular slot 18 corresponding to the spring latch 13 and receiving it with suitable clearance. Beneath the slot 18 there is a flange 19 bent outwardly to form a catch piece for engagement with the curved shoulder 20 on the spring latch 13 when the parts are in the position shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

The receptacle, generally indicated by R, includes an outer plate 21 having curved side walls 22 connecting with the side pieces 23 and a lower curved wall 24.

The receptacle also includes an inner plate 25 having flanges 26, 27, and 2S welded or otherwise fastened to the plate 21. Thus the outer plate 21 and inner plate 25 define a totally enclosed open topped receptacle. It is of 2,754,991 Patented July 17, 1956 no moment whether the receptacle be formed in sections joined by welded scams or whether an integral piece be employed, the important feature being the continuous walls which prevent the ashes from contaminating other portions of the mechanism.

The receptacle is secured to the receptacle carrying plate by a butt hinge, generally indicated by H, including straps 30, a hinge pintle 31, and springs 32 coiled about the pintle with the free ends 33 against the straps St).

A receptacle lid 34 is hinged to the upper portion of the receptacle mounting plate 14, as indicated at 35, and a spring latch 36 cooperates with the latch plate 37 on the lid to hold it in open position, shown in Figs. 2 and 4, by pressure against the side face 38, or to hold it in the closed position shown in Fig. l by pressure against the edge 39.

The inside of the lid 34 is provided with a cigar or cigarette holder 40 having a flange 41 made fast to the inside of the lid 34.

The normal position of non-use is shown in Pig. 1 and the position for use is shown in solid lines in Fig. 4 with the lid 34 raised.

When the receptacle has been used, there is unavoidably a lingering odor that not only requires emptying but thorough cleaning. When this is to be done, the receptacle is swung toward the position shown in Fig. 3; the latch 13 is pressed inwardly and the receptacle with its carrying plate is raised to bring the studs 12 in line with the large portion 16 of the keyhole slot, when the entire receptacle and carrying plate can be removed for cleanmg.

For merely emptying, the receptacle is swung from the position shown in Fig. 1 to that shown in Fig. 4.

We claim:

1. A quickly detachable ash receiver comprising a separate mounting plate for permanent attachment to a support, a receptacle carrying plate, means for making the receptacle carrying plate fast to the mounting plate including interlocking elements on the respective plates having relative rectilinear sliding movement in engaging and disengaging, a latch comprising a catch on one plate and a shoulder on the other plate to restrain disengaging movement, a receptacle provided with a closed rear wall and a front wall having a lower portion sloping downwardly to an edge connected to the lower edge of said rear wall, and hinge means pivoting said connected edges to the lower edge of the receptacle mounting plate whereby the receptacle is movable between an upright normal position against the receptacle mounting plate and masking said latch and a lowered position hanging obliquely down from said hinge means for dumping by gravity the contents of the receptacle and exposing said latch for manual disengagement.

2. A quickly detachable ash receiver comprising a separate mounting plate for permanent attachment to a support, a receptacle carrying plate, means for making the receptacle carrying plate fast to the mounting plate including headed fastening devices on one of said plates and overhanging devices on the other in rectilinear sliding engagement with the headed fastening devices, a latch comprising a catch on one plate and a shoulder on the other plate limiting relative movement of said devices, a receptacle provided with a closed rear wall and a front Wall having a lower portion sloping downwardly to an edge connected to the lower edge of said rear wall, and hinge means pivoting said connected edges to the lower edge of the receptacle mounting plate whereby the receptacle is movable between an upright normal position against the receptacle mounting plate and masking said latch and a lower position hanging obliquely down from said hinge means for dumping by gravity the contents of the receptacle and exposing saidrlatch formanual disengagement.

3. A quickly detachable ash receiver comprising a mounting plate adapted to be secured to a fixed support, a receptacle plate, means carried by said plates and operative on relative sliding movement of the plates in one,

direction for securing said plates together and separable when the plates are slid in the opposite direction for freeing said plates for separation, latch means comprising a shoulder on one plate and a catch on the other plate cooperating to snap into engagement when the plates are slid in said one direction and prevent sliding movement in said opposite direction, and a receptacle hinged to the receptacle plate for movement to operative upright position covering said latch means and rendering it inaccessible and to inoperative lowered position exposing said 4 latch means for manual actuation to a position freeing said plates for relative sliding movement in said opposite direction.

5 References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 419,846 Gamble Jan. 21, 1890 1,629,430 Allen May 17, 1927 10 1,790,977 De Boer Feb. 3, 1931 1,796,502 Boucher Mar. 17, 1931 2,046,107 De Boer June 30, 1936 2,120,234 Armstrong June 14, 1938 FOREIGN PATENTS 15 419,222 Great Britain Nov. 8, 1934 Great Britain Sept. 8, 1938 

